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By Gary Graff, ggraff@digitalfirstmedia.com,, @GraffonMusic on Twitter for MACOMB DAILY DETROIT — “Motor City — the home town girl is back!” Madonna declared near the start of her Rebel Heart Tour stop Thursday night, Oct. 1, at Joe Louis Arena. And it was a proud home town girl at that. The Bay City-born pop icon,…

It’s a generally understood notion that songs are meaningless and trite, and that if one wants to be a productive member of society, avoiding music is a prudent choice. Songs are traps, or so goes this common wisdom, filled with, at best, fantasy notions and, at worst, dangerous and destructive ideas; even worse are artists,…

Madonna has been around for three decades, but this doesn’t mean her live shows are predictable (unless you’ve been reading the latest raving reviews). Her latest outing with “Rebel Heart” is a two hour party with lots of stunning choreography, shimmering costumes, a Britney Spears lookalike, and flashy set pieces. Leaning heavily on material from…

By ROBERT DiGIACOMO, Atlantic City Weekly Madonna gets right to the point during the opening of her “Rebel Heart Tour,” which makes an A.C. stop 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Boardwalk Hall. The Material Girl starts with two tracks from her new “Rebel Heart” album — “Iconic” and “Bitch I’m Madonna” — and follows…

She may not stir quite as much instant outrage anymore. The Top 10 hits may not come as consistently as they used to. There’s a new generation of pop starlets grabbing the headlines and social-media oxygen. But don’t go betting against Madonna. Having kicked off her Rebel Heart Tour earlier this month in Montreal —…

Ladies with an attitude Fellows that were in the mood Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it • VOGUE • SAT 28 NOV 15 MAGIC ANTWERP • VOGUE • A MADONNA TRIBUTE NIGHT ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ On saturday the 27th of November the Queen of Pop returns to Belgium,…

Some fans have spotted a map of the Rebel Heart Tour stage in Bercy Paris with a separate area near the front of the stage for Early Entry ticket holders. However we have contacted the venue and can confirm that there will be no separate area in the venue, this map was created by Viagogo…

In April 1985, Madonna played a pair of sold-out shows at Portland’s Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. Were you there? As the “Rebel Heart” tour’s Oct. 17 stop at the Moda Center approaches, we’re desperately seeking Portland area residents who were at Madonna’s first Portland shows 31 years ago. We’d especially love to talk to Danette Dollar, Bart Allen, Kimberly…

Even before Madonna took the stage Monday at the United Center, the senses hit overload. Warrior dancers hoisted crosses, Mike Tyson issued threats from the video screen, fake blood streamed as if from a tabloid murder photo, and “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” provided the soundtrack. Music isn’t quite incidental to the spectacle that is a…